Made in America : An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition, 2001. — 1310 p. — ISBN-10: 0380713810, ISBN-13: 978-0380713813 Bill Bryson, bestselling author of The Mother Tongue, now celebrates its magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood . . . and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle called his befeathered cap "Macaroni." Аудио: (/file/1321829/) /file/1321829/ (/file/1321833/) /file/1321833/ (/file/1321836/) /file/1321836/ (/file/1321839/) /file/1321839/ (/file/1321841/) /file/1321841/ (/file/1321845/) /file/1321845/ Contents Dedication Introduction The Mayflower and Before Becoming Americans A Democratical Phrenzy: America in the Age of Revolution Making a Nation By the Dawn’s Early Light: Forging a National Identity We’re in the Money: The Age of Invention Names Manifest Destiny: Taming the West The Melting Pot: Immigration in America When the Going Was Good: Travel in America What’s Cooking?: Eating in America Democratizing Luxury: Shopping in America Manners and Other Matters The Hard Sell: Advertising in America The Movies The Pursuit of Pleasure: Sport and Play Of Bombs and Bunkum: Politics and War Sex and Other Distractions From Kitty Hawk to the Jumbo Jet Welcome to the Space Age: The 1950s and Beyond American English Today Select Bibliography Notes on Sources Index About the Author Praise for Made in America Books by Bill Bryson Copyright About the Publisher William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition, 2001. — 1310 p. — ISBN-10: 0380713810, ISBN-13: 978-0380713813Bill Bryson, bestselling author of The Mother Tongue, now celebrates its magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood . . . and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle called his befeathered cap "Macaroni." Аудио: __Contents__DedicationIntroductionThe Mayflower and BeforeBecoming AmericansA Democratical Phrenzy: America in theAge of RevolutionMaking a NationBy the Dawn’s Early Light: Forging aNational IdentityWe’re in the Money: The Age of InventionNamesManifest Destiny: Taming the WestThe Melting Pot: Immigration in AmericaWhen the Going Was Good: Travel in AmericaWhat’s Cooking?: Eating in AmericaDemocratizing Luxury: Shopping in AmericaManners and Other MattersThe Hard Sell: Advertising in AmericaThe MoviesThe Pursuit of Pleasure: Sport and PlayOf Bombs and Bunkum: Politics and WarSex and Other DistractionsFrom Kitty Hawk to the Jumbo JetWelcome to the Space Age: The 1950s and BeyondAmerican English TodaySelect BibliographyNotes on SourcesIndexAbout the AuthorPraise for Made in AmericaBooks by Bill BrysonCopyrightAbout the Publisher Introduction The Mayflower and Before Becoming Americans A "Democratical Phrenzy": America in the Age of Revolution Making a Nation By the Dawn's Early Light: Forging a National Identity We're in the Money: The Age of Invention Names "Manifest Destiny": Taming the West The Melting Pot: Immigration in America When the Going Was Good: Travel in America What's Cooking?: Eating in America Democratizing Luxury: Shopping in America Manners and Other Matters The Hard Sell: Advertising in America The Movies The Pursuit of Pleasure: Sport and Play Of Bombs and Bunkum: Politics and War Sex and Other Distractions From Kitty Hawk to the Jumbo Jet Welcome to the Space Age: The 1950s and Beyond American English Today Notes on Sources Select Bibliography Index The Mayflower and before Becoming Americans A "democrataical phrenzy": America in the age of revolution Making a nation By the dawn's early light: forging a national identity We're in the money: the age of invention Names "Manifest destiny": taming the West The melting pot: immigration in America When the going was good: travel in America What's cooking? Eating in America Democratizing luxury: shopping in America Manners and other matters The hard sell: advertising in America The movies The pursuit of pleasure: sport and play Of bombs and bunkum: politics and war Sex and other distractions From Kitty Hawk to the jumbo jet Welcome to the Space Age: the 1950s and beyond American English today.

Bill Bryson, who gave glorious voice to The Mother Tongue, now celebrates her magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood...and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle call his befeathered cap "Macaroni."

This successor to the popular The Mother Tongue presents a brilliant, one-of-a-kind history not only of American words, but of America through words. Filled with hugely entertaining anecdotes about the way American English came to be, Made In America is "delightful . . . exuberantly informative." (Washington Post Book World).

Bill Bryson turns away from the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture. In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up - as well as exposing the true origins of the G-string, the original $64,000 question and Dr Kellogg of cornflakes fame. “A literate exploration of why we use—or mangle—our native tongue.”—USA Today Bill Bryson celebrates America's magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood...and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle call his befeathered cap “Macaroni.” In this sequel to his history of the English language, "Mother Tongue", Bryson takes an informed and fond look at the history of Americans through their popular culture and language. He explains why they drive on the right, say "lootenant", and call a certain type of sandwich a "hamburger". Bill Bryson, author of the national bestseller The Mother Tongue, takes an informed and affectionate look at the history of the U.S. from the perspective of language and popular culture A linguistic history, told through anecdote and humor, of American speech and English word usage in the United States